It was close to midnight Sunday when Woodburn resident James Curths saw the 12-year-old boy running down the street toward him. Curths said the child, panting and out of breath, begged for help, telling him a man was chasing him.

Moments later, a man rounded the corner wearing only underwear. He stood a short distance away, trying to wave the boy over as Curths and his sister-in-law prepared to drive the boy to relatives.

"He was staring at us," said Heather Rodriguez, 28, Curths' sister-in-law, who was also outside. "Then he stood there with his hands on his hips like, 'You're really not going to give him to me?'"

Rodriguez and Curths, 35, told the man they were calling the police. Only then, they said, did the man jog away.

All this mentally ill guy could say was, "I am very sorry; I made a mistake."; "I didn't mean to hurt the child."; and "I am just one who serves in the church, and I have sinned; don't stop believing in the church."

Don't stop believing in the church. - as if he is still in control of the situation. Arrogant piece of fucking shit. I have next to zero tolerance for pedophiles. Oh - I could have gathered my shit together and mustered up some empathy for the fucker ... until he added that last little commandment.

The fact that he drove, not from the scene of the crime, but from the scene of being caught, is evidence the church has taught him well. I, I, I, pity, mercy, then... lay down the law; damage control. In so many ways, it's always about control.

"Don't stop believing in the church". Because what's more important, here? Surely not a child.

A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein